Samir sarkar : Painter

All my paintings have people wearing some headgear that has a face painted on
them. This depicts the double-faced nature of people. Like we see in most profession
where one wears uniform, like a policeman, a nurse, an army personnel or the Pope.
One wears headgear to go with it as well. To me it is the depiction of the fact that we
always wear a face that is different from the real one we have.
It is like a face we have to put up to suit the personality we want to project which is
always different from the real one.
For the past 25 years, acrylic colour has been the main medium for my paintings.
After doing the line drawing on paper or canvas, a layer of acrylic is used like
tempera on it. Then slowly the subjects and people are given shape using more
layers of colour. Since I use fast colour, it gives a definite brightness to the figures.
My figures have a definite inspiration from Egyptian paintings, thus the figures are
drawn in the same form, the clothes that they wear have long lines making them look
taller and in a way Egyptian.
Most of my paintings are on 72 x 36inch size which takes about 100 hours. My paintings, in a way are people I live with. They give me inspiration to produce more, to experiment more and thus to create my own world with them. It’s my world that
I want the world to see view from different eyes.

Achievement of Honour

• 2022 – Meghmondalsanman from Raja Ravi varma foundation and ministry of Coulter ( Govt) – org by Delhi police and govt of India
• 2016 – Special achievement award from IBRAD (Indian bio science and research and
  development) for art contribution for society
• 2013 – Colourentice & Tata Steel felicitating “Artist of the year 2013” 2000 Honourable Guest from India, Salon, International, Des Artists, France.
• 2000 – Honourable Guest from India, Salon, International Des Artists,France.

Solo Exhibition

• 2014 – The Bonding of Dream, GALLERY SPACE- Hyderabad
• 2007 – The Red pallet, Vikalp Art Gallery- Kolkata. 2005 Between Ourselves, Bengal
  Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata
• 2005 – Bengal chembur of commerce org by Kolkata art gallery
• 2003 – Between Ourselves, Gallery Vintage, Delhi
• 2003 – Between Ourselves, Caffein, Kolkata 2003 Tears of Time, Domus
  Art Gallery, Kolkata
• 1997 – Centenary Celebrations of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, organised by
  Pradesh Cong. (Kolkata & New Delhi)
• 1997 – Fiddlers Green-ll, Ambience. The Gallery, Kolkata 1994 International
  Conference of Forest Management and Environment, organised by Ford
  Foundation & IBRAD at The Park, Kolkata
• 1992 – Out of Mirage, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata 1997 Contribution the day of
  15th August, 1947, organised by All India Congress Conference, (Kolkata &
  New-Delhi)